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BL
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951808
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b706178
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| Main Entry
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Finkel, Norman J.
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| Title & Author
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Commonsense justice : : jurors' notions of the law /\ Norman J. Finkel.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, 1995.
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1 online resource (390 pages)
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| ISBN
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0674005562
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: 0674036875
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: 9780674005563
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: 9780674036871
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0674146700
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9780674005563
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9780674146709
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-381) and index.
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| Contents
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In search of community sentiment -- Understandigng nullification -- Revealing jurors' sentiments -- How jurors construct reality -- Objectivity versus subjectivity in the law -- The sacred precinct of the bedroom -- The right to die -- Cruel and unusual punishment -- Murther most foul -- Death is different -- The juvenile death penalty -- On self-defense justice -- The self-defense drama -- The maddening changes in insanity law -- How jurors construe insanity -- Murderous passions, mitigating sentiments -- The path of commonsense justice.
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| Abstract
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Norman J. Finkel explores the relationship between the law on the books, as set down in the Constitution and developed in cases and decisions, and what he calls commonsense justice, the ordinary citizen's notions of what is just and fair.
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Common sense.
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Jury-- United States.
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Justice.
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Law-- United States-- Public opinion.
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Common sense.
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Jury.
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Justice.
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LAW-- Civil Procedure.
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LAW-- Legal Services.
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Law-- Public opinion.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Judicial Branch.
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Juryrechtspraak.
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Rechtsgevoel.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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347.73/752347.307752
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| LC Classification
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KF380.F56 1995
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86.43bcl
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